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Article #203Re: Democracy? hah. WAS: WiReD Magazine - Banned in Canada
From: Michael Gemar
Date: Fri, 01 Apr 1994 02:06
Date: Fri, 01 Apr 1994 02:06
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In article <Mar30.071518.17653@acs.ucalgary.ca> kwooding@acs.ucalgary.ca (Kjell Wooding) writes: > >Direct democracy will never be possible. And that's a damn good thing! With a large percentage of Americans believing that the phrase "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" comes from Marx, and saying that they would be willing to forego some of their civil rights to fight the War on Drugs(tm), not to mention that a sizable portion of populace actually believes that Elvis is still alive, the *last* thing we want is direct democracy. > The general public just >does not have the time and/or inclination to make it possible. And sometimes I wonder about the intelligence... >but better ties between the general public, and the elected >represntatives *IS* possible, and necessary Absolutely. What we need are decent, talented, and knowledgeable politicians. I don't want direct input into every political decision that needs to be made, any more than I want input into all the medical decisions my doctor might make, or all the technical decisions my computer repair technician might make. Want I want is the ability to put people that I trust to get the proper job done into those positions. (I guess I'm a closet elitist. Oh, well...) - michael
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